30 CFR § 1202.52 - Royalties.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s1202.52"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 1202.52 - Royalties."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "1202.52"
section_name: "Royalties."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF NATURAL RESOURCES REVENUE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "NATURAL RESOURCES REVENUE"
part_number: "1202"
part_name: "ROYALTIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301 25 U.S.C. 396, 396a 398, 398a 2101 30 U.S.C. 181 351 1001 1701 43 U.S.C. 1301 1331 and 1801"
regulatory_source: "48 FR 35641, Aug. 5, 1983, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 75 FR 61066, Oct. 4, 2010."
cfr_part: "1202"
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# 1202.52 Royalties.
(a) Royalties on oil, gas, and OCS sulfur shall be at the royalty rate specified in the lease, unless the Secretary, pursuant to the provisions of the applicable mineral leasing laws, reduces, or in the case of OCS leases, reduces or eliminates, the royalty rate or net profit share set forth in the lease.
(b) For purposes of this subpart, the use of the term *royalty(ies)* includes the term *net profit share(s).*